An illuminated Qur'an leaf in bihari script
Sultanate India, late 15th/early 16th Century
Sultanate India, late 15th/early 16th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written in elegant bihari script in alternating black, blue and gold with diacritics and vowel points in black ink, the word Allah picked out in gold, gold rosettes decorated with red and blue dots, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, circular illuminated device in margin, extensive commentaries written diagonally in outer borders, sura heading written in naskhi script in white on an illuminated panel, framed
228 x 200 mm.
228 x 200 mm.
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€940 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€940 - 1,400
Footnotes
- Text:
Qur'an, sura LXIV, Al-Taghabun, verses 17-18; sura LXV, Al-Talaq, opening verses.
Four other leaves were sold at Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, 8th October 2008, lot 21.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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